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- Facebook Adds 25 New Preferred Developer Consultants, Improves PDC Lookup Tool
- Facebook Rolls Native Page Management Tools Into Pages Dashboard
- Facebook Careers Postings: Sales, Engineering, Deals and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Marketing, Engineering, Dublin and More
| Facebook Adds 25 New Preferred Developer Consultants, Improves PDC Lookup Tool Posted: 19 May 2011 11:53 AM PDT Today Facebook added 25 more developers to the Preferred Developer Consultant Program, bringing the total number of developers in the PDC Directory to 90. It also added expertise filters to a newly launched version of the Preferred Developer Lookup Tool, which allows those in need of Facebook development and consulting services to find local service providers. As more brands and websites seek to integrate with Facebook, the enhanced Lookup Tool and these additions will make it easier to find vetted developers that the social network says “understand social mechanics and technical possibilities on Platform.”
Facebook launched the Preferred Developer Consultant program in December 2009 to help those in need of development services find trusted providers in areas such as digital marketing, Page management, ecommerce, and web design. The list has since grown from 14 to 90, and now includes developers offering services such as community management, social analytics, Ads API, mobile development, and Facebook Credits.
The Preferred Developer Lookup Tool is hosted as a tab application called “Consultants” on the Page for the Facebook Platform, and was built by one of the PDCs, Gamaroff Digital. Known as ”Find a Preferred Consultant” when we profiled it last year, Facebook has added expertise filters to the location and keyword filters that return profiles of nearby developers including description, address, experience, and contact information. The expertise filters include some of the spaces we listed above, as well as Facebook Places management, stream apps, devices, and more. These filters will assist those who aren’t sure what the popular keyword is for the service they’re looking for.
Facebook believes social web integrations are becoming “a central aspect of every business and market worldwide.” It backs up this claim by citing a recent article published by Wall Street Journal affiliate Fins Technology that noted job postings including “Facebook” as a keyword on job aggregator SimplyHired have increased 245% since July 2009. By expanding its PDC directory and making it easier to search, Facebook can decrease the likelihood of brands and websites working with shabby developers whose subpar work might burn them on the concept of social web integration. Below is the complete list of new additions to the Preferred Developer Consultant Program:
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| Facebook Rolls Native Page Management Tools Into Pages Dashboard Posted: 19 May 2011 11:14 AM PDT Facebook has simplified the process of managing Pages on the site by aggregating several of the previously scattered native tools and data into a new Pages dashboard. Accessible from left sidebar bookmark called “Pages”, the dashboard allows admins to view notifications, total Likes and Like growth, active users, time of last update, and access the Use Facebook as Page feature for all of their Pages from a single location. The Pages dashboard will make it easier for admins to quickly check the pulse of their Pages, and it will be especially helpful to those who concurrently manage multiple Pages.
Facebook has been making a big push lately to give Page admins more control and data. It launched Use Facebook as Page in February, allowing admins to Like and comment around the site under the alias of their Page. It also allowed them to see notifications about activity on their Page, and then moved to make these notifications more accessible by showing them on the admin view of a Page.
The announcement of the feature lists the following tools, links, and data as appearing in the Pages dashboard:
Before this update, these were fragmented across Pages themselves and the Pages Insights tool. Now they’re accessible from http://www.facebook.com/?sk=pages, the Pages tab in the Ads Manager, or the home page bookmark for Pages that has been split from the old “Ads & Pages” bookmark that appear to users who both administrated Pages and held an ads account.
The dashboard will come as an especially welcomed addition by professional Page managers who often control multiple Pages at a time. It will streamline their workflow and let them concentrate on deeper analytics and strategy rather than constantly clicking around to monitor performance. |
| Facebook Careers Postings: Sales, Engineering, Deals and More Posted: 19 May 2011 09:19 AM PDT
Posts added this week on Facebook's Careers Page:
Jobs posted by Facebook on LinkedIn:
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| Facebook Hires and Departures: Marketing, Engineering, Dublin and More Posted: 19 May 2011 09:05 AM PDT
New hires per LinkedIn and Other Sources:
Recent departures, per LinkedIn:
Prior listings now removed from the Facebook Careers Page:
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Some of the notable additions to the list include Page management and contest services providers 
A few interesting additions to Facebook’s job postings this week both on its 
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